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Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays
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Edward Carpenter
This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicte…
Science and the Modern World
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Alfred North Whitehead
It is fortunate that in the twentieth century, science and philosophy are beginning to be united in the same person as they were in the seve…
David Hume and his Influence on Philosophy and Theology
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James Orr
David Hume justly takes rank as the most distinguished member of that brilliant circle of literary men whose names gave such a lustre to the…
Der Lärm - Eine Kampfschrift gegen die Geräusche unseres Lebens
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Theodor Lessing
Jeder hat sich wohl schon einmal über lärmende Zeitgenossen geärgert. Der von Mitmenschen verursachte Krach ist seit je her e…
Essays Before a Sonata
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Charles Ives
Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Although the sonata is not explicitly referenced in this…
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Henry Salt
In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years.The book also argues against vi…
Reflections on Violence
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Georges Sorel
Considered one of the more controversial books from the 20th century, Sorel's Reflections on Violence argues in favor of uprisings and strik…